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Genus of flies

Pterallastes
Pterallastes thoracicus Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Eristalinae
Tribe: Milesiini
Subtribe: Temnostomina
Genus: Pterallastes
Loew, 1863
Type species
Pterallastes thoracicus
Loew, 1863
Synonyms
  • Pseudozetterstedtia Shiraki, 1930
  • Pteralastes Loew, 1864
  • Pterelastes Schiner, 1868
  • Pterellastes Scudder, 1882

Pterallastes is a genus of bee-mimicking hoverflies. So far the genus contains only four species, one in North America, one from Japan, and two from China.

Species

References

  1. ^ Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 7: 275–326. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ Shiraki, T. (1930). "Die Syrphiden des japanischen Kaiserreichs, mit Berucksichtigung benachbarter Gebiete". Mem. Fac. Agric. Taihoku imp. Univ. 1: xx + 446 pp.
  3. Loew, Hermann (1864). Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Vol. 1. Berolini : A.W. Schadii. p. 266.
  4. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In , Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  5. Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (1882). "Nomenclator zoologicus. Part 1. Supplemental list of genera in zoology". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 19 (1): xxi + 1–367. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  6. ^ Thompson, F. Christian (1974). "The Genus Pterallastes Loew (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 82 (1). New York, USA: New York Entomological Society: 15–29. JSTOR 25008898.
  7. Skevington, J.H.; Locke, M.M.; Young, A.D.; Moran, K.; Crins, W.J.; Marshall, S.A (2019). Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides (First ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780691189406.
  8. ^ Thompson, F. Christian (1979). "A new Pterallastes species from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)" (PDF). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 54: 297–299. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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